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Rollers or Turbo?! Beginner advice

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  • October 24, 2010 at 5:30 pm #12806
    Chameleon78

    As a relative newcomer to road riding I have signed up for my first Sportive next April. 60miles.
    I have been mountain biking for years but have not done much in the way of cycling for the last few years so am currently trying to maintain a weekly ride to build up my fitness – it almost feels like starting from scratch.

    My dilemma is this though, I have Mon , Tues and Weds evenings available to train along with occasional Saturdays and Sundays (Wife works every other Sat morning)We have an 8 month old daughter so I’m trying to fit in riding which doesnt take up to much of my weekend with my daughter.

    I have worked out that i could potentially fit in 30-60 mins of riding on either a turbo or rollers most evenings in the week with a long ride at the weekend.

    With this in mind what would suit me best? rollers or Turbo?
    I am not sure about the vasrious training methods for a turbo, but I want to acheive overall fitness, endurance and if possible power – my mate is already quite established in his fitness so i’d like to get somewhere close to beating him!!!

    Any advice???

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  • November 8, 2010 at 3:02 pm #638469
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    Coodsta

    Rollers are way more fun but
    Rollers are way more fun but you can’t really give it some with out the risk of falling off. A turbo is safe & easy to set up,but feels a bit odd as the bike is fixed underneath you.

    Found this website last year, it got me throught the winter, lots of different plans to work out, assuming you can set your turbo up in front of your computer.

    http://www.turbotraining.co.uk/

    October 29, 2010 at 1:02 pm #638467
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    Fish_n_Chips

    It’s raining, you drag the
    It’s raining, you drag the turbo trainer out and give it some.

    You’re exhausted from heavy interval training, head on the bars, brain blank and heavy breathing you can’t pedal any more…

    Behold you’re still safe and not keeling over as you would on a roller!

    October 25, 2010 at 2:40 pm #638465
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    simonmb

    Still struggling to really
    Still struggling to really get to grips with my rollers after… ooh… far too long to mention. Wish I’d bought a turbo!

    October 25, 2010 at 2:04 pm #638463
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    Jon Burrage

    I agree with both what
    I agree with both what FishnChips and Dave said – rollers can be great but if you are starting out at indoor training and havent the space/will/guts to really go for it then they can be pretty scary (overbalanced and went through a desk while at uni – looked like a tool)

    Turbo trainer every time for me, some are really good bits of kit.

    October 25, 2010 at 1:32 pm #638461
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    Fish_n_Chips

    Fitness – Turbo
    Technique for
    Fitness – Turbo
    Technique for racing – rollers but will be fine for training.

    Safest? ~Turbo IMHO.

    October 24, 2010 at 8:56 pm #638459
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    dave atkinson

    you could do a lot worse than
    you could do a lot worse than heading over to http://www.thesufferfest.com and checking out some of the sessions on there…

    rollers vs turbo – i’d go for turbo every time. rollers are an acquired taste, never managed to acquire it personally 😐

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